Love Ya!

Hello crafty friends. I hope where ever you are the sun is shining and the birds are singing.

I love giving away cards I have made not just on days like birthdays but ordinary and quite random days. It's always nice to receive a surprise right? So here's a card I made . . . not sure who the recipient will be yet!

This card was my first time using this sweet girlie stamp. She was so lovely to colour in and to give this dreamy world to.

I began with a piece of 5in x 5in kraft card and painted the central area with gesso. Using the gesso keeps the colours bright. I experimented with a colour combination I hadn't used before. I think the coral and minty green worked well together. I then softened them by dry brushing some gesso over the top and then some painty splats and some stenciled dots. I love dots!!!

I drew the scallopy ground for her to stand on on an old book page and coloured using Brushed Corduroy distress ink. I stamped the clouds and coloured the same way. The girl was stamped on white card and coloured with Prismacolour pencils as were the flowers. A little bow and some paper flowers with pearly centers and faux stitching finished the card. I then glued it on to a white blank card of the same size. I got so lost in the process of this card I completely forgot about taking photos as I went a long which just shows I had lots of fun!!

Love Ya Whole Bunches can be found right here and is shown below:

The clouds and flowers are from the Create Your Day stamp set which can be found right here and is shown below:

I do hope you like my card and that I've inspired you a little.
Wishing you a lovely day.
Samantha Read
Susan K.Weckesser Design Team Member

Love Ya Bunches

Hello friends. Happy New Year. I wish everyone great blessing in 2016. Today I have started my Valentine cards. This set by Susan K Weckesser is a perfect set to use for Valentine's Day. 

This is Love Ya Whole Bunches. 

I think this set could be used for several holidays actually. 

I stamped the little girl on a tag. My original idea was to have a tag for a present. Once I was done with the tag I decided to add it to a card front.

I colored the little girl using Copic markers. Her dress is paper pieced with paper from Doodlebug Designs.
I used the leftover piece of pattern paper for the card front and a trimmed piece for the second piece of pattern paper. I just flipped it over.
Don't you love double sided paper. It always matches.

To finish off the card front I wrapped Valentine twine around the side of the card and tied a bow. Then I had to finish it off with a few sequins. Who doesn't love a few shiny sequins.

Thank you for popping by today. I hope you enjoyed my post.

Again Have a Blessed New Year friends.

Larissa

Mixed Media Scrapbook Page: Grumpy Chick

Hi all 

It's Katie here with another design team  post for the blog. 

I have a mixed media layout to share using the A Little Bit Washi stamp set, it's one of my favourites so I've had a good play with them. The theme of this month is exploring our backyard which over the summer had a few little visitors. I went into the shed to find a robin's nest wedged onto one of the shelves so I snapped a few pictures as it is wonderful to be so close to nature.

I love this stamp set because not only does it produce clean images that will stick to anything, The textures are brilliant and are versatile enough to use on any project.

For the base I used the Color Bust 12 x 12 sheet by Susan K Weckesser and I used a layer of texture paste before spritzing the background  with Inks In A Bottle Brazil Nut, Pumpkin and French Lavender to get an Earthy colour, I then took the Doodle Stencil and used white texture paste to create a few rows of flowers. I added some to the layers as well

I loved stamping over this canvas bunting by Prima which the Susan K Weckesser stamps work well with. Again I stuck with Earthy Autumn colours and used Colour Chemistry ink pads Spring Green, Golden Yellow and Fire Brick. I then threaded twine through the bunting and glued it all down.

For the flower I used plain cream card and stamped over the petals using the A Little Bit Washi stamp set and then I coloured in the circles with gold accents.

I called him grumpy chick after a friend pointed out his moody little face.

The stitching pattern is from the Grunge Fun stamp set which i stamped across the page along side the A Little Bit Washi stamps. 

Thank you for visiting

Live, Love and Create!

Hello Folks! Peggy here, today I would like to show you my card design with Susan K Weckesser Paper and Stamps. I loved coloring this little stamp.

I chose background paper from the Susan K Weckesser Color Burst Collection  and the Live, Love, Create Collection. 

 I fussy cut flowers from the Live in Color Paper Collection. 

My sweet girl is from the Love Ya Whole Bunches Stamp Set.. Is she not the cutest!.

I stamped her using Memento Black ink so I could color without my image bleeding into the colors. 

I colored my image with Copic Markers  . I just love this card.. and the details in the stamp images make coloring these images a pleasure. 

I placed all my paper pieces on black cardstock. 

    

I hope you enjoyed today's card. Check out the Susan K Weckesser Store for the cutest stamps and paper line!

Love Ya Whole Bunches

Hi everyone!

I am just loving our spring time weather here, all the flowers are beginning to bloom and I just had to break out my pastel colors and the Love Ya Bunches stamp set and do a little playing today.

First thing I did was to take my Core'dinations tag and spread some Tattered Angels Glitter paint across it, and while it was wet I dragged a dry paper towel across it which gave it a pretty background. Then I stamped the girl from Love Ya Whole Bunches stamp set from Jillian Vance, colored her in with pencils and Smooch Pearalized Accent inks and a SAI waterbrush and then fussy cut her out.

I then stamped some accent phrases on the background, and by placing 2 phrases on one acrylic block I am able to keep everything perfectly spaced.

Tearing off the bottom half of the tag, and layering 2 tags together just gives it a feminine distressed look.

I adhered the girl on top letting her drape over both tags to give it a cohesive flow.  Adding the "I love you" speech bubble is the perfect accent along with the little gemstone dot I placed inside the flower.

And look at that sweet little flower, I just had to add it to the corner :) The "to and from" are handwritten on the opposite corner with my micron pen along with the faux stitching that I added to the base of the tag.

All in all I just love her whole bunches!!

Thanks for stopping by today ♥

Easter Place Cards with Dana

Hi! Dana Tatar here today sharing some place holders that I created for my Easter table. I don't usually decorate for holidays, but I do appreciate a pretty place setting! I found these bunny spools at the store and altered them a bit to fit my needs by removing everything from the spools except the super cute fuzzy bunny ears. I wrapped the center of each spool with Susan K. Weckesser patterned paper and scalloped ribbon and embellished the top of each spool with a colorful twine bow and a flower. I used the NEW Susan K. Weckesser Grunge Fun 3x4 Clear Stamp Set, sold by A Jillian Vance Design, to create small name tags, which I then added to stick pins.

This project was fun and easy. I'm looking forward to displaying these cute place holders!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Creative Contributor